Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches th…

According to the narrative, what prohibition did the dying Queen impose upon her son?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prohibition · What happens: accord, do, die, impose · To what, where: dying Queen

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1709 «Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches the ground is stolen by a Fairy and set an impossible task» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 narrative	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 impose	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 did	obj
7	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 impose	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Queen	det
10	dying	die	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 Queen	amod
11	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 did	obj
12	impose	impose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 son	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 son	nmod:poss
15	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 impose	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 impose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	do	past	prohibition	the dying Queen		tree rules
3	die	gerund				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	impose	present			accord the narrative; upon prohibition's son	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

That he must never set his feet on earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 set	nsubj:outer
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 set	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 set	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 set	advmod
5	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 set	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 earth	case
9	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not set	must	That	his feet		earth			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme on earth=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That he must never place his feet upon the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 place	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 place	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 place	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 place	advmod
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 place	conj
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 ground	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ground	det
10	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 place	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

That he must always be carried by his nurse and must never touch a horse or a saddle at all

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 carried	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 carried	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 carried	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 carried	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 carried	aux:pass
6	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 nurse	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 nurse	nmod:poss
9	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carried	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 touch	cc
11	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 touch	aux
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 touch	advmod
13	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 carried	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 horse	det
15	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 touch	obj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 saddle	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 saddle	det
18	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 horse	conj
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 all	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 touch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	must · passive	his nurse	That				always property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	not touch	must	his nurse not said here	a horse or a saddle		all			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme horse=Co-Theme

Option 4

That he must never place his feet upon the bare ground for any reason, even when the palace burns

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 place	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 place	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 place	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 place	advmod
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 place	conj
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 ground	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ground	det
10	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 ground	amod
11	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 place	nmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 reason	case
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 reason	det
14	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ground	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 burns	punct
16	even	even	ADV	_	20 burns	advmod
17	when	when	SCONJ	_	20 burns	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 palace	det
19	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 burns	nsubj
20	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 place	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present	the palace						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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